Coastal Flood Advisory Issued for Long Island as Nor’easter Approaches
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Governor Kathy Hochul.
Governor Kathy Hochul.
Staff Writer on Mar 13, 2023
Although the nor’easter slated to touch down on the evening of Monday, March 13, is forecast to comprise “mostly rain” on Long Island, Governor Kathy Hochul announced plans to declare... more
The Sag Harbor Fire Department, which has been raising money to buy a state-of-the-art fireboat, has found a significant portion of that funding by re-purposing a $250,000 state grant originally intended to be used for the renovation and expansion of the Sag Harbor Firehouse. Trustee Tom Gardella, who is a former chief and remains an active member in the department, estimated that a fireboat will cost approximately $650,000. With the grant, a private pledge of $100,000 and $80,000 raised with the Sag Harbor Partnership at a summertime community party, a total of $430,000 has been raised. Gardella has said in ...
29 Nov 2022 by Stephen J. Kotz
The Shelter Island Town Police Department said that the body of a man who had apparently drowned had been found on the beach at Smith Cove on the south side of the Mashomack Preserve in Smith Cove on November 8. Police said the body, which has yet to be identified, was removed by the Suffolk County medical examiner’s office. Police would not speculate as to whether the body was that of Dario Cholula Rojas, the 31-year-old Queens man who disappeared on the night of October 19 when he went fishing in a kayak off North Haven. But members of Cholula ...
10 Nov 2022 by Staff Writer
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Staff Writer on Mar 13, 2023